20: Chapter 20 Global Defense Breakthrough

At this very moment, countless pairs of eyes were glued to screens on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and even live streams on the dark web.

Just a few minutes ago, viewers in the Western world were still typing comments like 'The crushing might of civilization' or 'A little shock for Dragon Summer.' However, now, looking at the screen, their minds were a complete blank.

The official live stream of the poseidon was frozen, displaying nothing but a stark white screen, as if the feed had crashed.

But this wasn't a signal interruption, because the audio was still broadcasting.

What a hellish symphony that was.

"Fuck! Don't crowd me! That's my line of travel! Hard to starboard! Hard to starboard!"

"My God, what did I hit? It felt soft... No, it was metal! Damn metal!"

"Help! Who is pushing my stern?! Oh, not there!"

"Screeeech—"

"Boom!!"

Accompanied by hysterical screams, followed by a series of grating metal tearing sounds and dull, thunderous collisions.

In the comment sections, anxiety and panic were spreading wildly, generating millions of bullet comments in just a few minutes.

[What on earth happened? Wasn't everything fine just now? God, was that giant noise an explosion?]

[Damn it, did the Dragon Summer people use nuclear weapons? Or some banned electromagnetic pulse weapon?]

[Stop being silly upstairs. Would an EMP make the screen go white? This is clearly a weather weapon! The Dragon Summer people have mastered some evil sorcery to control the weather!]

[I knew that Dragon Summer Commander was suspicious! His smile just now was too sinister! This is definitely a trap! This is murder!]

[Send rescue quickly! Are our fleets going to be wiped out? What is The Pentagon doing?]

[This is a crime! This is a declaration of war against the civilized world! Dragon Summer must be held accountable for this!]

The famous UFO conspiracy blogger, Smith, who claimed to be a former Advanced consultant for Area 51, was furiously posting analyses on Twitter: [This large-scale signal jamming and visual obstruction is impossible with current Earth technology! Based on my speculation, what appeared above Longya Island is absolutely an 'Extraterrestrial Civilization Phase Field.' We are witnessing a genuine interstellar invasion! They have arrived!]

Just as Western netizens were concocting hundreds of scenarios involving 'Eastern dark arts' or 'alien invasion'—with some even starting to dig air-raid shelters in their backyards—

A live stream from China's Zhenhai, the Dragon Summer 'Zhenhai,' suddenly lit up on the domestic network.

Without any warm-up or countdown, it switched directly to 4K high-definition, uncensored broadcast.

This activation was no small matter; the more than one hundred million Dragon Summer netizens, who had been eagerly waiting, flooded in, causing the server to freeze for a full five seconds.

When the picture stabilized, everyone was stunned.

The camera was pointed directly at the waters around Longya Island. Under the enhancement of the skill effect [Insight], the thick fog appeared merely as a faint veil. Although present, it completely did not obstruct the line of sight, instead adding a touch of hazy, aesthetic filter to the sea.

And beneath this 'beautiful filter,' the scene unfolding was enough to be recorded in the history of world naval warfare—though perhaps in the section dedicated to comedy.

The sight was utterly chaotic.

It was as if a mischievous giant hand had reached into the sea area and was furiously stirring these dozens of steel warships like rubber ducks in a bathtub.

On the screen, the once arrogant nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the poseidon, was currently wobbling in circles on the surface like a fat man who had drunk two catties of fake liquor.

The most spectacular part was its stern.

The Gallic rooster's 'Jeanne d'Arc' frigate had its bow deeply embedded in the carrier's torpedo defense net, stuck like an ornament, firmly biting onto the carrier's tail.

And to their left, two destroyers, belonging to unknown nations, had collided head-on like two enraged bulls, spewing thick black smoke.

Further away, a submarine belonging to the Gallic rooster, seemingly gone mad, chose an emergency surfacing maneuver, resulting in it perfectly ramming the belly of its own supply ship. This impact forced the supply ship to list thirty degrees to the side, causing its deck cargo to tumble into the sea like dumplings.

Meanwhile, a Dragon Summer destroyer was quietly anchored nearby, less than two nautical miles from the center of the chaos.

The sailors on deck were variously cracking melon seeds, pointing and gesturing through binoculars, and a few were even taking selfies.

Commander Lin Weiguo sat majestically at the bow, smiling as he watched the grand spectacle. He even occasionally picked up the microphone to provide impromptu commentary for the 'blind' ships opposite.

The intense contrast caused a brief vacuum across the entire Dragon Summer internet.

Everyone seemed unable to believe their eyes.

This... was it over?

Was this the invincible fleet that was rumored to sweep across the seven seas and make the world tremble?

A few seconds later, the comments erupted like a breached tsunami.

[Holy crap! Holy crap! Is this actually happening? Someone pinch me!]

[Hahahaha! This is hilarious! Let's see who dares to call our Commander Lin a faker now? This is clearly the other side driving under the influence! Where are the traffic police? Come issue a ticket!]

[Hey foreigners ahead, don't leave! Is this the 'oppressive feeling of the civilized world' you were talking about? That's it? That's it? This is a large-scale bumper car competition at sea, right?]

[As everyone knows, our Dragon Summer reefs are voice-activated. Commander Lin just shouted 'To the left,' and the reef actually rammed left. This is called being obedient! This is called great power deterrence!]

[What the Hell is that 'Hell's Gate is over there,' Commander Lin's voiceover is superb, I suggest he debut right here! That supply ship is really obedient!]

[Is this the legendary 'blind man fishing'? This isn't a joint fleet; it's a circus that went to sea, right?]

[Eagle Nation: Even though my ship crashed, my posture is cool, and I still maintain freedom of navigation. Let's see how they clean this up now!]

Satisfying!

So incredibly satisfying!

The feeling of suffocation from having warships sailed to their doorstep and being suppressed daily vanished at this moment.

Watching the steel behemoths, usually so arrogant and constantly annoying people with 'freedom of navigation,' now crashing around like headless flies, grounding themselves, and smoking, the Dragon Summer netizens felt their scalps tingle with pleasure.

What era is this?

Some sharp-eyed netizens even spotted a detail:

[Look at the deck of the poseidon! Is that their commander, George? He looks like he's rolling around?]

[Hahahaha! It really is him! He's throwing a tantrum in vain! Wasn't he about to pop champagne earlier? Now he can drink seawater!]

Soon, some 'enthusiastic' Dragon Summer netizens ported this HD footage to Twitter and YouTube abroad, thoughtfully adding bilingual subtitles and giving it a very provocative title: 'Shocking! The Seven Seas Joint Fleet Holds a 'Bumper Car' Friendship Match in the South China Sea, The Scene is Tragic!'

When the video was released, Western netizens, who were still speculating about encountering aliens, completely lost their composure.

[Impossible! This is definitely special effects! This is CG synthesis by the Dragon Summer people!]

[Why is the fog so light from their perspective? Why can't we see anything? Cheating! This is blatant cheating! Where is the referee?]

[Oh my God, that ship spinning around looks like it's from our country... This is too embarrassing! I want to tear up my passport!]

[Damn George! What is he commanding? Does he want to turn the fleet into a scrap metal recycling station? That's taxpayer money!]

[This is not just a failure, this is humiliation! That Dragon Summer Commander is even drinking tea!]

What's more, someone clipped Commander Lin's segment of 'I am the local earth god... I hurt so much...' with its eerie voiceover, set it to a dynamic electronic beat, and created a viral video titled 'George's Nightmare.' It quickly swept the globe, even hitting number one on TikTok's hot charts, becoming the year's most maddening BGM.